Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Simon Hammond, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Simon Hammond registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 19, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Simon Hammond

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Simon Hammond
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Gonzales County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hammond in Gonzales County

Hammonds elsewhere in Texas

All 8 freedmen named Hammond in Texas

Variations of Hammond

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 35 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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